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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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  1. EcoPush - Investing in a Low-Carbon Economy
    EcoPush - Investing in a Low-Carbon Economy

    EcoPush - Investing in a Low-Carbon Economy
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    Credit: EcoPush
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    Sharing lessons on national low carbon action

    Event - Public event - 23 October 2013 09:30 - 11:00 (GMT+01 (BST))
    The focus of the discussions at the Sharing Lessons on National Low Carbon Action event, will be on national action on climate compatible development. We will discuss insights from across CDKN and the LEDS Global Partnership, and consider particular country perspectives from Bangladesh, the Gambia, Peru, the UK and the USA.

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  2. Beijing Advanced Course 2012
    Beijing Advanced Course 2012

    Staff and participants attending the Advanced Course Beijing 2012
    License: HPG's photo
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    Advanced course on crisis, recovery and transitions - 2013 (Beijing)

    Event - Course - 13 - 19 October 2013

    The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM) at Tsinghua University are partnering to offer the second Advanced Course on Crisis, Recovery and Transitions.

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  5. Philipp Krause

    Reforming Public Finances in Nepal

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 25 September 2013
    ​Complicated and fast-changing politics. Political parties distributed across the left–right spectrum; ethnic and regional interests; fault lines old and new, all changing regularly.
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  6. Operational risk assessment of public financial management in Nepal: a review of challenges and opportunities

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 16 September 2013
    Philipp Krause, Stephanie Sweet, Edward Hedger, and Bhola Chalise
    This report aims to inform an ongoing dialogue about the implementation of public financial management (PFM) improvements in Nepal, including their prioritization and sequencing in the prevailing political context. It provides a “reality check” on the strengths and weaknesses of the existing PFM system and focuses on nontechnical aspects such as institutional and political factors. The study was conducted as a joint initiative between the government and its development partners.
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  7. Cooperation from crisis? Regional responses to humanitarian emergencies

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 12 September 2013
    Jérémie Labbé, Lilianne Fan, and Walter Kemp
    This policy paper examines how regional responses to humanitarian crises have succeeded or failed to meet humanitarian objectives in order to inform approaches to contemporary crises, with a historical look at regional responses to the war in the former Yogoslavia and Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar.
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  8. An ICRC delegate with a member of the SLA
    An ICRC delegate with a member of the SLA

    An ICRC delegate with a member of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) in Sudan
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    Credit: ICRC/ HEGER, Boris / V-P-SD-E-0 1934
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    Humanitarian negotiations: talking to the 'other side'

    Event - Public event - 5 September 2013 13:00 - 15:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    Humanitarian negotiations are often essential to gaining access to populations in need of humanitarian assistance, but negotiating with armed non-state actors can present formidable challenges. This event will discuss the challenges and compromises involved and the resources and tools that have been developed to support more effective engagement.

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